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Ptilella borealis (Sars, 1846)

158293  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158293)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Scleralcyonacea (Order)
  7. Pennatuloidea (Superfamily)
  8. Pennatulidae (Family)
  9. Ptilella (Genus)
  10. Ptilella borealis (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Beschreibung der Pennatula borealis, ein neuen Seefeder. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation, Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben.</em> 1: 17-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526525 [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia  
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ptilella borealis (Sars, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158293 on 2025-03-11
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2005-05-25 10:44:50Z
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Claus, Simon
2005-07-27 12:57:38Z
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Williams, Gary
2019-06-25 05:41:35Z
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Williams, Gary
2019-12-22 04:32:31Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2021-03-26 03:51:14Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2023-09-06 04:26:20Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Beschreibung der Pennatula borealis, ein neuen Seefeder. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation, Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben.</em> 1: 17-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526525 [details] 

basis of record Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362 [details] 

new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1870). Catalogue of sea-pens or Pennatulariidae in the collection of the British Museum / by J.E. Gray. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18487479
page(s): 21 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details] 

Other

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 82 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)